La Lanterna Restaurant Wine & Beer Garden

Quick Take: La Lanterna Wine & Beer Garden, Yonkers

Garden seating at Yonkers venues books up faster than most visitors expect once the weather turns, and La Lanterna's outdoor beer garden is the specific draw here. If you've visited once and stuck to the obvious choices, a return visit with attention to the drinks program is worth it — the wine and beer selection is the main reason to come back rather than defaulting to a broader restaurant elsewhere in the borough.

The name signals the priorities: this is a drinks-forward venue where the garden setting does a lot of the atmospheric work. Visually, the appeal is in that outdoor space — the kind of setting that feels noticeably different from the interior-only bars that make up most of Yonkers' casual dining options. For a second visit, the drinks list deserves more attention than it typically gets from first-timers who come for the food.

On the drinks side, the dual wine-and-beer focus is a practical differentiator. A venue that commits to both wine and beer with equal weight tends to serve a wider range of occasions than one that picks a lane , you're not being steered toward one format. That said, without published menu data, it's not possible to assess the depth of the program in the way you'd evaluate a dedicated cocktail bar like Bar Leather Apron in Honolulu or a spirits-focused room like Jewel of the South in New Orleans. What can be said: the format suits groups who don't all want the same thing.

Booking is easy by Yonkers standards. This is not a venue where you need to plan weeks ahead , walk-in availability is realistic outside peak weekend evenings, and the format isn't precious about reservations. If you're coordinating a group, calling ahead is sensible given the garden layout, but this is not a hard-to-get table.

For context on the Yonkers scene, see our full Yonkers bars guide, our full Yonkers restaurants guide, and our full Yonkers experiences guide. If you want a cocktail-forward benchmark to compare against, Julep in Houston shows what serious drinks programming looks like at the bar-with-garden format.

Quick reference: Easy to book; garden seating available seasonally; wine and beer focus; suits groups and casual date nights; walk-ins generally viable outside weekend peaks.